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How long does it take to progress from stage 3 to stage 4 kidney disease?


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Chronic kidney disease:

  1. It is a chronic condition in which a person's kidney is damaged and fails to efficiently filter blood.
  2. The primary causes of this disease include diabetes and high blood pressure.
  3. The early stages of this disease have no symptoms but its progressions lead to the failure of kidney and cardiovascular diseases.
  4. Dialysis or kidney transplant are required for the survival of the patient depending upon the severity of the disease.
  5. Patients affected by chronic kidney disease take as long as 10 years to progress to stage 4 from stage 3.

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